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Do what you want with them buddy, apparently I don't need them. Chris gonna join the priesthood then? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Damn, that's where my testicles have been. Chris they've been in there so long, they're frost bitten... we're feeding them to the dog soon. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

true that, as I found out several months ago. but, as you say, no regrets. over the years i've learned to not stay quite anymore in the face of injustice, even small ones, unless it's obviously imprudent to open my big mouth. sometimes it's best to stay quite, but not always. a few examples... people littering out of their cars. bugs the shit out of me. if i have the opportunity to pull up next to them i ask them, "why did you just litter on our city streets? can't you wait to get to a gas station trash can or until you get home?" at wal-mart the other day, this lady made this completely 1/2 ass attempt to put her shopping cart in the outside bin and just pushed toward the bin.. it kept rolling down the lane, blocking the way for other cars. she just turned and walked her car. I yelled to her, "don't worry ma'am, no further effort is needed on your part, I'll take it from here. But thanks for at least TRYING to get it somewhere close to the cart bin." So, sarcasm probably doesn't help any, but please people, do we have to be so fucking lazy? she was just a couple more feet from the bin and then didn't care that her actions were going to inconvenience a host of other people. That shit drives me BONKERS!!! I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

the plethora of paperwork that accompanies pharmaceutical research. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

thanks for the PMs y'all... but oh, my angel ears!!! I've never HEARD such profane talk before! I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Ok, I'll be the first to fess up... I don't know what it means. If I did at one point when I first entered the sport in '95, I have long since forgotten it. So what is it? If you don't want to spoil it, PM me.. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

oh god no!!! I'm no voyeur of old men! thanks for making me throw up in my mouth. I need to go gargle now. j/k man, love ya. hope to get down to the farm some time this fall. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

hey clay, i'm thinking about getting some sheep for my farm so that we have a special swoop contest just for you... you'll have to swoop in all fluffed up, land just right and fuck one of my sheep. it's kinda like swoop fuck accuracy. you game? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

wow clay, you showed tremendous restraint! i'm so proud of you! true story... I was in philly on business a few weeks ago and was eating at a macaroni grille... next table over are 3 guys, 3 girls... one girl gets up excitedly and makes the universal sign for choking... nobody does anything for what seems like forever, but was probably just a few seconds... chick turns blue, goes weak in the knees... big guy at the table gets up flips her around like a rag doll, heimlich's her (I swear he was going to rip her in half!) and out flies (FLIES!!!) a big chunk of unchewed prime rib. It was nasty. Dude lets go of the girl, she falls to the floor, coughs, catches her breath, laughs, everyone at the table laugh w/ her, she takes her seat, they resume the meal and conversation and go on like nothing happened. most surreal fuckin thing I've seen in a long time. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

damn dude! you need to get your ass to confession! I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

girl, you HAVE to stop smoking carrots! Those things will KILL you! I know it's hard, I know they're addicting, but really. Isn't it time you gave them up? FOR GOOD? c'mon, you can do it. we love you and have faith in you. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

I always wanted a hafada, but the wife-unit is against it. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

you calling me naffy ? or calling me Long Dong Silver ? In the words of Lisamarie, you are a goober. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Nope, no stirring the pot here. everything I posted is based on my belief that fixing homeless problems means not countering efforts. Battling any problem means working on both supply and demand sides of the causes. Now, whether Las Vegas is trying to fight homelessness for aesthetic puropses or for humanitarian purposes, it still stands that this law will stop supply side causes. but here's the problem... and I can see where you and they are presumably coming from... cut off supply of food at the parks so the homeless will move back to the shelters and other out-of-sight places where they belong and where their needs will be met, at least in principle. the problem is this... and i've seen this first hand when i worked as an emergency psychiatric worker in nashville. we'd often get called to the mission there b/c the severly mentally ill are often, you guessed it, homeless. and when they are in crisis, i.e. unstable, they called us to intervene. homeless missions in urban areas are places where they try to meet the needs of a heterogeneous population of homeless people: ex-cons, mentally ill, immigrants, average joes down on their luck. and there is violence there. and drugs. and sometimes arbitrary, senseless rules to follow in order to get food and shelter. sometimes you have to attend a mandatory religious service in order to be able to stay in some homeless shelters. wacky. for various reasons, people often don't want to stay at homeless shelters. either to get away from gang activity, violence, drugs, alcohol (yes, this is true, there are homeless people who REALLY are sober and try very hard to maintain that sobriety. I know a few personally in Nashville who, even though they don't have housing, go to 12 step meetings every single day). Maybe the homeless shelter is full, which isn't uncommon at all! Maybe their mental illness has them paranoid and they can't stand to be near a group of strangers... So, they go to a park... a tranquil park... it affords them peace and quite, and more importantly, the opportunity to get (hopefully) their most basic needs met... food and water. I doubt this law is even the lame attempt it appears to be to help solve even a small part of the homeless imbroglio in Vegas. Rather, like a previous poster said, it's probably just an attempt to "pretty up" the parks b/c we can't have the ugly homeless folks scaring away the tourists now, can we? Let's get the scale out again... tourist $ on one side, the lives of the homeless on the other... which is more important? I met Mother Theresa in 1987 in Gallup, New Mexico. I know what she would say. And if she were alive and in Vegas today, she'd be arrested or fined. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Is that what the cop thought last night? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Andy, you're not supposed to TELL them! They're all younger than you... they'll REMEMBER you did this! You, on the other hand, are OLD and will FORGET! You'll go reaching for the geritol and CRASH!!! I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

LOL! I like that one!!! My tractor IS fast though, as far as tractors go... I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

yeah. what he said. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Len was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary and his wife was really pissed. She told him, "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 second and IT BETTER BE THERE!" The next morning, Len got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and, sure enough, there was a small box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway and brought the box back into the house. Inside, she found a brand new bathroom scale! Funeral services for Len have been scheduled for Friday. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

That's the best you can do? I would have expected at least a severed vulva. Why would I want to sever that? I like that! I want to keep that attached and alive! I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

oh, an ear here, a finger there... you know, basic stuff really... I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

i like to cut shit off of people. it's my thing. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

a severed uvula I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

I'm putting two items on a big scale, a scale that measures "importance"... on one side of the scale, I'm putting "people taking their families to public parks." On the other side of the scale, I'm putting "hunger/homelessness." Now, I'm watching which way the scale is tipping. Anyone know which way the scale is tipping? You can't sweep away the problem of homelessness by criminalizing works of charity. And to think it will rid the parks of congregating homeless folk is loony, I think. I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...

Occam's razor applies neatly to that one. It COULD also be the work of extraterrestrials, of Americans in Israeli uniforms...it COULD have everything to do with the Da Vinci code... But it doesn't, not in my fantasy world anyway. Occam's razor isn't always the answer to complex problems either, and this conflict is far from simple. But hey, thanks for the mockery... you've done nothing to further the debate here w/ this post.... I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And...